<<Allow me to add that their work with the wounded contributed to reducing
anti-Catholic bigotry. It was just a few years afteer the Know-Nothings
flourished.>>
Absolutely! Many who were critical of them starting out became very impressed with their work.
A gentlemen who had previously criticized the nuns, addressed a group of the Sisters. “ Will you allow me ladies to speak a moment with you? I am proud to see you once more. I can never forget your kindness to the sick and wounded in our darkest days, and I know not how to testify my gratitude and respect for every member of your noble order." That Gentleman was Jefferson Davis.
Paula